Named_CollectionRoland Penrose
TitlePicasso: Art; Chicago Civic Center Sculpture, 1967
LevelFile
ArtistPicasso; Pablo (1881 - 1973)
FormatCorrespondence
Newscutting
Photograph
Printed material
Date1963 - 1983
Ref_NoGMA A35/1/1/RPA500
Description/1. 1 x ts. letter, 27 March 1963, from Allan McNab, Director of Administration at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /2. 1 x ts. letter, 2 April 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 3p. /3. 1 x ts. letter, 11 April 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /4. 1 x ts. letter, 11 April 1963, from Roland Penrose to Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1p. /5. telegram, 9 April [1963?], from William Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /6. 1 x ts. letter, 15 April 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /7. 1 x ts. letter, 22 April 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /8. 1 x ts. letter, 30 April, 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, with draft letter to Picasso enclosed, 4p. /9. 1 x ts. letter, 2 May 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /10. 1 x ts. letter, 8 May 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /11. 1 x copy of a draft ms. letter, 9 May 1963, from Roland Penrose, to Pablo Picasso, 2p. /12. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 19 June 1963, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /13. 1 x ts. letter, 3 July 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /14. 1 x ts. letter with ms. addition by Roland Penrose, 9 July 1963, from Charles F. Murphy, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /15. 1 x ts. letter with ms. addition by Roland Penrose, 9 July 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /16. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 10 July 1963, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /17. 1 x ts. letter, 10 July 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /18. 1 x ts. letter with ms. addition by Roland Penrose, 10 July 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /19. 1 x ts. letter, 16 July 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /20. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 14 August 1963, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /21. 1 x ts. letter, 19 August 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /22/1. 1 x ts. letter with various enclosures, 6 September 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 5p. /22/2. 1 x ts. letter, 13 September 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /23. 1 x ts. letter, 18 September 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /24. 1 x ts. letter, 18 September 1963, from Roland Penrose, to Allan McNab [of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago], 1p. /25. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 18 September 1963, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /26. 1 x ts. letter, 23 September 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /27. 1 x ts. letter, 2 October 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /28. telegram, 2 October 1963, from Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /29. ms. postcard, n.d. [1963], draft of note from Roland Penrose to Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago /30. 1 x ts. letter, 8 October 1963, from Roland Penrose to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /31. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 8 October 1963, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /32. 1 x ts. letter, 8 October 1963, from Roland Penrose to Allan McNab of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1p. /33. 1 x ts. letter, 8 October 1963, from Roland Penrose, to Jaime Sabartes, 1p. /34. 1 x ts. letter, 10 October 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /35. 1 x ts. letter, 12 November 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /36. 1 x ts. letter, 14 November 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. + newscutting enclosed /37. 1 x ts. letter, 18 November 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. + newscutting enclosed (The Sunday Times, 17 November 1963, 'Fine Arts in Public Places') /38. 1 x ts. letter, 21 November 1963, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /39. 1 x ts. letter, 27 December 1963, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /40. 1 x ts. letter, 1 January 1964, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /41. 1 x ts. letter, 15 January 1964, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, with copy of a letter to Picasso attached, 2p. /42. 1 x ts. letter, 21 January 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /43. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 30 January 1964, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /44. 1 x ts. letter, 2 March 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /45. 1 x ts. letter, 3 March 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /46. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 20 March 1964, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /47. 1 x ts. letter, 20 March 1964, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /48. 1 x ts. letter, 27 March 1964, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /49. 1 x ts. letter, 18 April 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /50. 1 x ts. letter, 27 July 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /51. 1 x ts. letter, 13 August 1964, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /52. 1 x ts. letter, 18 August 1964, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /53. 1 x ts. letter, 21 August 1964, from [Roland Penrose], to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /54. 1 x copy of a ms. letter, 1 October 1964, from Roland Penrose, to Pablo Picasso, 3p. /55. 1 x copy of a ms. letter, October 1964, from Roland Penrose, Chicago, to Pablo Picasso, 2p. /56/1. 1 x ts. letter, 29 January 1965, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose + enclosed letter from Nathan Cummings of Consolidated Foods Corporation, Chicago, to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, 4p. /56/2. 1 x ts. letter, 3 February 1965, reply from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /57. 1 x ts. letter, 4 February 1965, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /58. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 22 January 1965, from Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler of Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, to Nathan Cummings of Consolidated Foods Corporation, Chicago, 1p. /59. 1 x ts. letter, 6 February 1965, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /60. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 8 April 1965, from [Roland Penrose], to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /61. 1 x ts. letter, 25 May 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, + article by Roland Penrose entitled 'Picasso and Chicago' attached, 5p. /62. ts. article, May 1965, untitled, by Roland Penrose about Picasso in Chicago, 4p. /63. telegram, 25 May 1965, from [William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], to Roland Penrose, 1p. /64. 1 x ts. letter, 28 May 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, 1p. /65. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, August 1965, from Roland Penrose, to Pablo Picasso, 1p. /66. 1 x ts. letter, 4 October 1965, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /67. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 19 October 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /68. 1 x ts. letter [with ms. note by M. Sweeney], 19 October 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /69. 1 x ts. letter, 30 October 1965, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose + copy of letter to Picasso attached, 3p. /70. 1 x ts. letter, 18 November 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /71. 1 x ts. letter, 14 December 1965, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /72. 1 x ts. letter, 15 February 1966, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann [of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago], 1p. /73. 1 x ts. letter, 21 February 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /74. 1 x ts. letter with ms. additions, with texts by Roland Penrose enclosed, 13 May 1966, from [Roland Penrose] to William E. Hartmann, 4p. /75. 1 x ts. letter, 17 May 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 4p. /76. 1 x ts. letter, 12 July 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /77. 1 x ts. letter, 19 July 1966, from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann, 1p. /78/1. 1 x ms. letter, 9 September 1966, from [William E. Hartmann], Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /78/2. 1 x ts. letter, 28 September 1966, reply from Roland Penrose, to William E. Hartmann, Chicago, 1p. /79. 1 x ts. letter, 3 October 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /80. 1 x ts. letter, 26 October 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 2p. /81. 1 x ts. letter, 27 October 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /82. 1 x ts. letter, 31 October 1966, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. /83. 1 x ts. letter, 3 November 1966, from [Roland Penrose], to William E. Hartmann, Chicago, 1p. /84. illustrated fold-out card with ms. inscription, 1966, from William E. Hartmann, to [Roland Penrose] /85. 1 x ts. letter, 12 July 1967, from [Roland Penrose], to William E. Hartmann, Chicago, 1p. /86. 1 x ts. letter with ms. addition by Roland Penrose, 28 July 1967, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 3p. /87. 1 x ts. letter, 16 August 1967, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, 2p. /88. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 1 September 1967, from [Roland Penrose], to [Picasso], 1p. /89. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 31 October 1967, from [Roland Penrose], to [Picasso], 1p. /90. b&w photograph of a maquette of Picasso's sculpture for the Chicago Civic Center, with printed dedication by Picasso, 9 August 1966 /91. booklet, 1967, for the 'Chicago Picasso Dedication' at the Civic Center Plaza, Chicago, 15 August 1967 /92. invitation booklet with ms. inscription by William E. Hartmann, for dedication ceremony for the Picasso sculpture at Civic Center Plaza, Chicago + seating card, 2p. /93. blue percale textile, n.d., inscribed [by William E. Hartmann?] 'From the veil, Roland' /94. illustrated postcard, 6 February 1968, from [William E. Hartmann], Chicago, to Roland Penrose /95. sketch, n.d., [by Roland Penrose], possibly for an early version of the Chicago Picasso sculpture /96. sketch, n.d., [by Roland Penrose], possibly for an early version of the Chicago Picasso sculpture /97. newscutting, 17 August 1967, International Herald Tribune, 'Chicago's 163 Ton Picasso Is Unveiled With Ceremony' by John Canaday, 1p. /98. black envelope (empty), postmarked 16 August 1967, from William E. Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, to Roland Penrose (inscribed 'Picasso Chicago Monument') /99. copy of a newscutting, 25 October 1966, Chicago American, 'Picasso 85, French Plan Big Exhibition', 1p. /100. magazine, Time, 25 August 1967, with illustrated article entitled 'Chicago's Picasso', p.25 and p.26 /101. newscutting, 15 August 1967, Chicago Sun-Times, 'The Unveiling', 1p. /102. newscutting, unknown newspaper, n.d., 'Hand-Carved: A Sandwich by Picasso' by M. W. Newman, 2p. /103. newscutting, 12 August 1964, Chicago Sun-Times, 'Sculpture By Picasso or Giacometti May Adorn Civic Center Plaza', 1p. /104. newscutting, 15 August 1967, Chicago's American, various articles and illustrations on the unveiling of the Picasso sculpture, 3p. /105. newscutting, 25 October 1967, Chicago Daily News, 'Picasso pins on the way; rules set up' by Peter Deuel, 1p. /106. newscutting, 14 September 1966, Chicago Daily News, illustration of Picasso's sculpture for the Civic Center Plaza, Chicago, 1p. /107. newscutting, 14 September 1966, Chicago Sun-Times, 'Picasso Designs A Statue For The Civic Center' by John Adam Moreau, 2p. /108. newscutting, 15 September 1966, Chicago Sun-Times, 'Picasso Statue Ready in 9 Months' by Frank Sullivan, and 'Kup's Column' by Kupcinet, 3p. /109. copy of a newscutting, 23 October 1966, Chicago Tribune, 'Picasso: the Artistic Eye of an 85-Year Storm' by Edward Barry, 1p. /110. copy of a newscutting, 23 October 1966, Chicago Tribune, 'Picasso's Art Adds to Lure of Riviera', 1p. /111. newscutting, 15 August 1967, Chicago Daily News, 'Our Happy Happening: Picasso and LBJ Hail City' by M. W. Newman, 2p. /112. copy of a newscutting, 25 October 1966, Chicago Daily News, 'Best Birthday Gift For Picasso - More Who Understand' by Norman Ross, 1p. /113. copy of a newscutting, 25 October 1966, Chicago Daily News, 'Pablo Paints at Furious Pace', 1p. /114. copy of a cartoon newscutting, [1966], 'Berry's World', 1p. /115. newscutting, 8 May 1967, Chicago's American, 'Picasso's Sculpture for Civic Center: First Photo of the Real "Thing"' by Pat Joyce, 1p. /116. newscutting, n.d., unknown newspaper, 'City Gets a Picasso For Its Civic Center', 1p. /117. newscutting, [1967], Chicago Sun-Times, 'Picasso's Chicago Model Unveiled', 1p. /118. newscutting, n.d., unknown newspaper, 'Fireman Picasso', 1p. /119. 1 x ts. letter, 26 August 1965, from William E. Hartmann, Chicago, to Roland Penrose, 1p. + 9 x colour photographs of Picasso at work /120. ms. text [preparatory notes for lecture?], 1967, entitled 'Sculpture of Picasso with special reference to the Chicago Monument for Contemporary Art Soc. at Art Institute of Chicago 24 Oct 1967' by Roland Penrose, 11p. /121/1. 1 x ms. letter, 6 [June?] 1967, from Lane Slate of National Educational Television, New York, 3p. /121/2. 1 x ts. letter, 30 June 1967, reply from Roland Penrose, to Lane Slate [of National Educational Television], New York, 1p. /122. newscutting, November [?], Chicago Tribune, humorous letter re. Picasso Civic Center Sculpture, 1p. /123. newscutting, n.d., unknown newspaper, letter re. what Picasso sculpture depicts, 1p. /124. illustrated postcard (depicting Picasso sculpture in Civic Center), 2 February 1976, addressed to Mr and Mrs Ted Quinn, Nice /125/1. 1 x ts. letter, 28 January 1983, from Patricia Balton Stratton, Wilmette, Illinois, to Roland Penrose, 3p. /125/2. 1 x ts. letter, 11 February 1983, reply from Roland Penrose to Patricia Balton Stratton, Wilmette, Illinois, 1p. /126/1. 1 x ts. letter, 26 May 1970, from Barnet Hodes of Arvey, Hodes and Mantynband, Chicago, to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, 1p. /126/2. booklet, n.d., entitled 'Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment' in The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., Chicago vs. Public Building Commission of Chicago /127. 1 x ms. note, 16 August 1967, from Nelson Poynter to Roland Penrose, 1p. + 2 x newscuttings attached, 'Chicago Unveils its 163 Ton Sculpture by Picasso' by John Canaday, and 'René Magritte, Surrealist Painter, Dies in Brussels', New York Times
Extent211 sheets
RepositoryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art Archive
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